Lethe Press is an American book publishing company based in Western Massachusetts.
[1] Launched in 2001 by Steve Berman, a writer and a former employee of Giovanni's Room Bookstore in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,[1] the company was originally launched to publish speculative fiction, primarily LGBT-themed,[1] as well as rereleasing out of print titles from other LGBT publishers.
[3] The company also Tincture, a separate imprint for LGBT people of color.
[4] In 2012, The Advocate published a piece by Berman criticizing the structure and organization of the Lambda Literary Awards.
[5] His criticism included the fact that while many categories have separate awards for gay men and lesbians, the award offers no transparency in its judging and maintains only a single gender-neutral category for both speculative fiction and anthologies.